Carrying an oil lamp covered with a tarpaulin, the port officer Avery walked onto the merchant ship with a drunken face, a wind with the musty smell of sea water blew, making his steps a little fluttery, and the merchant fleet that suddenly docked made him, the port officer, a little surprised, this ship came too suddenly, in order to deal with a possible military attack from the north, the Marquis of Angus, who ruled the O'Acha region, had declared a total ban on the sea, and also required all ports to report any abnormal conditions at any time

As a small port officer, Avery has no way of knowing the reason, he can only judge based on what he has seen, Lord Marquis Angus has recently gathered mercenaries, trained soldiers, expanded the knights under his command, and requisitioned food from the six subordinate regions, it seems that there are signs of a big fight, but who the target is, Avery does not know,

Therefore, as soon as he received the docking of an abnormal fleet, he immediately ordered someone to ring the alarm bell of the port, gathered a hundred port guards, and then walked on the merchant ship with some caution, he brought 20 capable port guards, just in case, "How did you get here? Don't you know that the sea ban has been imposed recently" He looked left and right in a pretentious posture, the range that the oil lamp can illuminate is very limited, the deck is very clean, and the bulge at the stern can be seen at a glance, and there is almost no cargo visible,

The captain cautiously accompanied him, the "big man", with a sneer on his face, "My lord, we encountered a storm at sea, and in order to reduce the load, we discarded most of the clean water and food, so we had no choice but to find the port of the adults for replenishment, and the adults can rest assured, we will pay the full amount without pulling it!" "Caught in a storm?" Avery rolled his eyes, and sneered at the corner of his mouth, "I'd rather throw away supplies and clean water than lose a little cargo, you're really responsible!" And the deck of your ship seems to be so clean that you don't even see a piece of seaweed, are you in a clean-loving storm?"

"It was too chaotic. Later we cleaned up a few times" The captain's face was a little embarrassed, his hands nervously wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, he was a middle-aged man about forty years old, his face was a little dark, his skin was a bronze color under the perennial sea breeze, he looked very shrewd, but his gaze was too fierce, "Is it really like that?" Avery looked left and right, and the sailors stood neatly on either side. It seems ordinary, but there is a strangeness, the eyes of the sailors are more or less avoiding themselves, he has seen a lot of this situation, there is no sea flag on the mast of the ship, the sails also have traces of dyeing, the other party's clumsy cover-up, indicating that this is a smuggling ship,

In the past, these smuggling fleets would dock at the inward bend of the cliff face of the Brotherhood of Halis, fifty miles away. It was the only shallow beach on the coast that could shelter from the storms, and it was always controlled by the nearby Brotherhood of Halis, and it was rumored that the local baron. With the help of the Brotherhood, the smuggling fleet extracts smuggling taxes, because as long as they do not dock in port, there will be no records and no payment to them.

This time, for some unknown reason, this smuggling ship actually missed the docking place, which is not a fat fish

"Routine. I need to open a position to check"

Avery stopped and raised an eyebrow at the position of the warehouse, and behind him, twenty port guards in pointed iron hats with white feathers stuck in them stopped "This!"

The captain's face suddenly turned pale, and the sailors around him began to stir a little, which made Avery more and more sure that the other party was a team of smuggling ships, since the Normandy area was occupied by some falcon kingdom, the number of smuggling fleets in the vicinity has become more and more frequent, these smuggling fleets brought precious goods from across the sea, and then transported the items from this side, making a lot of money, making Avery blush, "What? Is there a problem?" Avery turned his head, his face was like frost, and asked in an accentuated tone, and the twenty port guards drew their long swords at their waists very cooperatively,

"No, there is no problem at all, just something that can't be put on the table! I'm afraid of making the adults laugh" The captain sneered, quietly handed Avery a fist-sized money bag, and whispered, "Your Excellency, you see, can you give it a convenience, as long as we buy supplies, we will leave before dawn tomorrow, and we will definitely not leave a little trouble for the adults."

"I can't see it, you're an interesting person!"

The port officer Avery smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his right hand gently measured the weight of the money bag, and the heavy pressure hand should be a heavier gold coin, and a smile immediately appeared on his cold face just now, "Everyone has a time when they encounter difficulties, and it is the responsibility of our port officer to help the lost navigators, but you have stopped this time, and there are a lot of people you have seen, so you also need to register!" Avery stuffed the money bag into his pocket and took out the ledger directory that was recorded, "Then register it as 100 boxes of Salander Sea Pearls for the time being!" After hesitating for a while, the captain looked helpless and said, "100 boxes of Salander Sea Pearls!" The quill in Avery's hand almost fell to the ground, the drunkenness on his face was swept away, and a pair of eyes almost bulged out, for this barren little harbor, this is definitely an unbelievable sky-high price of goods, this luxury from a foreign continent, in the past six months, almost swept the aristocratic circles in the northwest region of Obarro, known as "Sillins" (the gift of the goddess of the sea)

This is mainly due to the influence of fashion trends in Kyoto, where the rumored luxury goods are gathered, the most famous tailoring master of the royal family, the beautiful and extraordinary Duchess of Barara, has a special love for this Salander sea pearl, and she is used to using this crystal clear, can shine in the sun sea pearl, to make amazing dresses,

Her design beyond the limits of life and advocating the style of free and casual matching, elegant, simple and convenient clothing, with colorful sea pearls as the finishing touch, liberated women from the traditional clumsy sleeve long skirt shackles.

The clothes she cut were favored by all women, including the Queen Mother.

There is a proverb in Kyoto, in this prosperous imperial capital, what else can be loved by three generations of a family: grandmother, mother, granddaughter at the same time, it must be "the clothes of the dictatorship of the balara himself" For women, balara is a "classic", it is "eternal fashion and the gift of the sea", but also a "romantic dream" This dream, beyond the limits of age

Avery almost stepped off the deck of the merchant ship in a trance, and even forgot to check the huge value of his "harvest", a hundred boxes of Salander Sea Pearls, which made his long-suppressed greed rise again.

"What a windfall, is it just like that, watching them slip away from his eyes?" the damp sea breeze blew on his somewhat hideous face, and his eyes were bloodshot,

The smuggling ship, even if it is disposed of, will not be pursued, in this sea area, sinking in a storm, it is really normal, such a thought crossed his mind like lightning

Closing the notebook in his hand, he turned to look at the merchant ship parked in the dark, suddenly gritted his teeth, and whispered to one of the harbor guards behind him, "You go to the port at once and tell everyone, no one can sell them food and fresh water, and if anyone dares to disobey my Lord Avery, I will let him get out of the harbor at once!"

"My lord, Andako and Bi Sukai are still on vacation!" the guard hesitated

"Emergency, all summoned, do you understand!" Avery said viciously,

"Why ......" The guards were taken aback by this order

"Don't worry about this, just do as I say!" Avery said through gritted teeth, and the guards turned to leave, "Prepare a horse, I'm going to my lord's!" Avery ordered the other guards, "During my absence, you should keep an eye on the movements of this merchant ship, and if they want to leave, arrest everyone on it as pirates at once!" "Yes, my lord!" replied to hundreds of port guards......

The night is dark, the sky is full of stars, and the cold moon seems to cast a thin layer of silver on the sea

The sea breeze creaked against the mast of the ship's hull, the sea water lapped against the ship's side, up and down, and Dustrunkai, the Admiral of the Falcon Empire, stood on the deck of one of the Dragon-class ships with his hands behind his back,

On his side is a group of huge masts that rise like a forest,

The monstrous huge bows of the four dragon-class ships rose and fell with the waves, and the huge hulls were obviously larger than the other dragon tooth warships around, just like four huge beasts crouching there, once they were opened, they would be beasts out of the cage!" "Commander, Decoy No. 1 and No. 2 have sent back the news of Shun Lì's arrival respectively!"

The adjutant hurriedly walked over from behind, handed him the two reports in his hand, and spread out the short report with only a large parchment, and a sneer appeared on the corner of Dustrenkai's mouth, "Sure enough, greed is human nature, and under such a huge temptation, even a saint will be tempted,

The two baits have successfully entered the two harbors on the coast of O'Acha, and now there is only a shortage of fish to bite the bait!" "Commander, when are we going to do it!" the adjutant asked, "Don't worry, it must be beautiful to light fireworks in such a dark night!"

Holding the information in the palm of his hand, Dustrengke smiled easily at the corner of his mouth, and looked at the distance with bright and terrifying eyes (to be continued......